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[Xoom General] SS2006:
ur serously saying that u liked Android 2.2 on a tab more then honeycomb?
[Xoom General] dino325:
I had a Gtab originally. I got rid of it because the service through TMobile was spotty and the screen was too small. I however love my xoom. Especially since I found a good converter program for all my movies. Once we get SD card support ill be golden :-)
[Xoom General] Lady756:
As an owner of the Tab and the ipad.....I have realized that 10 inches is for home and vacation use. 7 inches is portable and can be taken anywhere. I have an Evo which I thought was huge before I got the Tab....now it seems tiny.

I might buy the wifi Xoom if it is priced right but I already know from experience with 10 inches that it will stay at home.
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
I sold my Galaxy Tab yesterday, I'm so gald to get rid of it. It was incredibly slow even after overclocking and 2.2 was NOT meant for tablets.
[Xoom General] mitchweight:
2.2 may not be meant for tabs, but at least it runs flash and all the apps work without being buggy.
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
Ran flash incredibly slowly, and the browser crashed all the time... sure.
[Xoom General] Lady756:
really? I haven't had any problems with Flash or Dolphin. I watch more videos on the Tab than on my iPad (of course...lol).

Haven't rooted the Tab either (but rooted my Evo almost immediately after getting it)....haven't felt a need. The speed is fine for me.
[Xoom General] khov07:
Though I enjoyed the greater screen real estate (versus my EVO), the Galaxy Tab really is (as someone else already mentioned) just a neutered Android phone. After using the Xoom for several days, and using apps designed for Honeycomb, the difference is remarkable (just try Pulse, YouTube, CNN, or any of the games optimized for 3.0).

I do miss flash in my browser a bit, but that will come soon. I definitely do NOT miss the capacitive buttons on the bottom (a requirement for pre-Honeycomb devices)...it was terribly annoying to be enjoying a video or reading a document and having to be careful with the way I held so as not to accidentally press one of those buttons.

Also, the location of the stereo speakers on the Xoom is so much more sensible than the speaker on the G-Tab, where, once again, if you weren't holding it 'just-so' the sound would be muted by the palm of your hand.

**I have yet to significantly miss the SD card or flash. I do wish we could permanently set the UA string on the stock browser though, and I'm looking forward to the Citrix Receiver being updated for Honeycomb**

For me, flash, UA string, and Citrix will make this device a real killer, and it's good to know they will all be coming very soon.
[Xoom General] Lady756:
I agree. It's definitely a neutered Android phone...but it stills does everything I need it to do for a

portable

device. I would probably feel different if it was my only tablet and I didn't already have an iPad for the past year that's had Pulse, the new CNN app, plus too many games that I have spent a fortune on!

Is Word with Friends optimized for the Xoom? A friend brought her husband's Xoom in for me to play with and we downloaded it and the letters were cut off. i thought it was under the tablet optimized section.

I am eyeing the wifi Xoom simply because I prefer Android to iOS but not having Netflix, Hulu, and my games might be too much to give up. Hopefully we'll see more advancement with the Android tablets.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NameLessThugZero:
YES, I did search for this before i posted. Found no one with this issue:

Has anyone been having slower data speeds since upgrading? I was most likly the very first person to put this one my fone at 10am when it when live...that said, ever since then, using the Speedtest app, i have YET to get over 2mbs DOWNLINK speed.

In fact, both Up and Downlink speed have been completly SUB-megabit. If i ran it 50 times from the day It was released till now, there have been only 2 times where i have gotten 1+ megabits.

I dont live in a bad area(for the most part); just in Springfield MO. Proir to 2.2 my speeds ranged from 3 ish downlink and around 1megabit uplink....not terribly fast by any means but now, its a helluva lot more annoying...

Any opinions, help, advice, criticisms, or the like, from anyone??
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_scotsman:
Removed unhelpful posts...please dont bother posting a reply if you have nothing helpful to say.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadrachCA:
Were you running stock before or were you running a custom ROM/kernel/modem? The modem is the most likely culprit. I personally am not running the KB1 update that AT&T pushed out but I have seen some posts here and there with people mentioning a drop in data speeds. Is HSPA running on your phone when you are testing?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NameLessThugZero:
Everything was stock proir to me updating, nothing at all custom. I was rooted and had the OneClickLagfix 2.0 installed (which i fully removed before updating). But that was it..

Yes HSPA was on. I used one of the codes(well, an app that has a whole list of the codes) ud use in the dialer to check. Both "HSUPA" and "HSDPA" had a "[1]" next to it, so i left the option to leave it "on", alone so i wouldnt mess up anything. My speeds have ben horrible; any update i have takes way too long, and im still getting sub-mega bit speeds even as we speak...i may email, or go to the store to see what could be up..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Borisdm:
my i9000 not booting & it has no power & no display.. i flashed a wrong rom.... 3 button fix is not woring.. jig is not working... any solutions out there.. thanx :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
No power = charge battery or us a new battery

No 3 Button No jig so you cannot turn it on any other way .

Otherwise Samsung service centre and hope they dont charge to much .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 413x13:
i9000 not turn

I have the same problem.

my i9000 I do not care, I changed the battery and nothing. no picture on the screen.

Can someone help me?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 413x13:
i9000 not turn not booting

I'm having the same problem.

The phone will not turn. Totally dead.

Anyone got any solutions?

Good luck to me!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timz917:
I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jellette:
What were you flashing to stock from?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iwillkillyou:
Can you enter download mode?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letor69:
HELP IM SO WORRY HAS SAME PROBLEM OR WORSE

I upgraded to froyo 2.2 using Kies mini, and follow each step, till it finish of donwloading the oficial download from their server, in the tutorial says to wait for it to reboot but never did. what could happend? now im not able to power on, put in download mode, etc cause its acting like its dead, not even the usb im so scared caus ei just bought it on ebay :( HELLPPPPP PLEASE.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letor69:
Following these guide: http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsu...-upgrade-to-Android-2-2-Froyo-now/td-p/678871
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Here are a couple of things to try. There are videos out there on utube also.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=954509

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timz917:
No I can't enter Download mode. I have no power at all.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Have you tried a simple

pull the battery

put the battery back after a few second

start ODIN

connect USB to PC, but not to phone

hold the volume +/- key

connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9LYLoK1Qog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNts11IBZ8Y
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timz917:
I click the power button nothing happens. I plug in the usb, nothing happens.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Have you tried both at the same time?

pull the battery

put the battery back after a few seconds

start ODIN

connect USB to PC, but not to phone

hold the volume +/- key

connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letor69:
SAME AS ME heeeeeeelllpppp

not a single button is working, either JIG i have it, what can i do?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanitt:
Sorry to disappoint you; it seems that you are out of luck. I was flashing my Vibrant in the similar situation like yours and my phone has never turned on again since then (6 weeks). I live in Thailand and have been searching both English and Thai version for a solution. None comes up so far. The only way the USB jig will help is your phone can be powered up. I have tried that myself. You can look for the confirmation elsewhere in this forum. Any way if you can find a diy solution, please let me know and I will post it here if I can find one myself. Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=848737
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanitt:
I am wait on this line here on your link.

More methods coming soon
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thenewak:
do you have insurance with tmobile?

i bricked mine before i had a good understanding of the whole rom flashing concept and i could get a downloading screen but i didnt know what to do so they replaced it with no problem.

call and ask all they can do is say no.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.

the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:

@OP

Do one of these 2 things:

1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$

(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)

2) Send it to tmobile.

I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.

I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.

It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartek25:
HOW ABOIUT LEAVE PHONE CHARGING FOR 10 GO IN TO DARK ROOM SHUT OFF LIGHT PRESS POWER BUTTON AND SEE IF BACK LIGHT OF SCREEN LIGHTS UP, IF SO I TOLD YOU SO I HAD THE SAME BUT MY VIBRANT WORKS AGAIN UNLIKE YOURS :Pp
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanitt:
Your first option is out because I have tried that. The only option left is the second one. since I live in Thailand, I have to ship the phone to my friend in Los Angeles to have him replace it for me. It is costly, but at least I will get a phone to work.

It seems to me that this issue is a special case that doesn't happen very often. Only the chosen ones will get into trouble like this when making an error here and there while flashing rom.

I had an IPhone 3G before and, of course, I made mistakes while updating it with all kinds of firmware, but the hardware never fails on me no matter what I did.

Thanks all who try to help.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
Just because he put hard bricked in the title means little. It was his first post. He very well could be a aviid user. All I could go by is he said he hit power and nothing happend thats about all he said over and over. No battery pull 3 button try. So what I did was try to help thats it. I did not suggest anything to make matters worse. A lot of ppl thought their phones were "hard bricked" but they got it to come out of it. Just because your more of a wiz then most ppl here. I would appreciate if you would get off my back a bit for I was just trying to help.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
I'm not getting on your back, why is it you think so?

Most of the users as i've encountered don't have the sense to name their threads appropriately, the OP on this one specifically named it HARD BRICKED, so instead of telling him to do all these instructions, you could've asked 1 thing "when you plug your usb, or wall charger, does it show any lights? or Are there any symbols on the screen? any lights glowing?"

Those 2 questions could've saved him, and you time.

Trust me i'm a beginner as well, i just know how to get out of these because i've been with this problem a few times. Alot of people here know more than me, specifically s15.. idk his full name.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alkaloid:
If you guys that are hard bricked can find someone with a Riff Box. They can JTag it and unbrick it. There is a list of people around the world that may be able to help you out. http://www.jtagbox.com/category/riff-jtag-box-owners-unbrick-your-phone/

This is the only chance you have of repairing the phone at this point.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
is jtagging a hard thing to do?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shotgunshotti:
I did the exact same thing while getting the new update there is no fix!! Called tmobile and 2 days later I got a new phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Longcat14:
Most likely all he really needs is a JiG.

I doubt he's hardware bricked, since that's pretty hard to do on the Vibrant.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alkaloid:
I think it depends on the device. Some are probably easier than others. I think most any tech savvy person could handle it. This is all speculation though I've never actually jtagged a device, but I'm pretty sure I have an idea of what it would take.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alkaloid:
Unfortunately, man, I think your wrong. If the device won't turn on or show any sign of life, than it is most likely bricked.

I know it's not the easiest thing to do, but it does happen. I bricked a vibrant by simply flashing a rom and corrupting the bootloader.

A jig won't fix a brick.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MStrawder:
I was at the point about two weeks back where I swore I had hard bricked the device. I am completely and totally aware of the difference between a soft and hard brick. My device wouldn't power on at all it seemed. No backlights on the capacitive buttons and nothing on-screen. I had already arranged for an exchange with T-Mo the next day in the local store, but figured I'd take one more shot at fixing it myself.

Used one of the methods mentioned on here before to get into D/L mode by removing the battery, SIM, and sdcard. Plugging in the USB cable, holding the volume buttons (both) and inserting the battery. Bam. I was in D/L mode and able to ODIN again. My understanding has been that as long as the SBL hasn't been compromised, the phone is recoverable in nearly all cases.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanitt:
Hi Guys,

Several people have posted comments regarding the hard-bricked phone. Many of them doubted that hardbricking one is possible. This is my situation:

1) all-button combinations never work with my phone even though the phone was working fine when it arrived and, obviously, doesn't work now either.

2) The USB jig doesn't bring the phone to download mode.

3) Removing everything, connecting the phone with the USB cable to a PC and inserting the battery never brings the phone back to life.

4) When the battery is left in the phone, it gets warm and it also stays dark in the darkroom.

Besides trying the RIFF JTAG, is there anything else I haven't tried, please let me know.

My guess is it is very certain that the bootloader has been messed up. The question is if there is any easy solution to fix it myself instead of using RIFF JTAG. Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erod188:
To make.sure.its not.a.dead battery don't plug into.the computer put it on.the charger if.nothing if the battery shows up leave.it for a.while to.charge don't worry if.it loops a.bit.this happened.to me.and.I.was.able to recover
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefan.buddle:
If your device doesn't power on at all in any way its a brick
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
PPl have come back from the dark side or what they thought no lights nothing. that's why I keep telling them to try try and try once more you never know
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartek25:
try try try my vibrant sat down a day before it came back online. try to jump start it hook up power charger to phone pull battery out dont pull the charger out and put battery try to start it IF DOESENT WORK REDO THOSE STEPS ! IT WILL POWER UP
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alkaloid:
Dude, he said that the phone shows no signs of life. Not even a flicker of the screen when in a dark room like you said yours did. His phone is bricked.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartek25:
OK..........givin up is the easiest :>
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartek25:
u mean fried ? because i think bricked phone still powers up .
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alkaloid:
Are you familiar with Albert Einstein's definition of insanity?

No, "bricked" means "does not work", "as useless as a brick", etc.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drhonk:
Maybe you confused between soft-bricked and hard-bricked .. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apollouser:
I remember flashing the spl before the radio on a G1 back in the day and it would definitely power on but was considered a hard brick since the only way to get past the "T-Mobile G1" screen was to use the equivelent of a riffbox. I think thats why he said fried because if the phone won't even turn on then perhaps even a riffbox would not be able to help his phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanitt:
With all good comments and arguments you guys have had, I am getting nowhere. I gave up and plan to send it back to T-mobile in a couple of weeks. It will cost me about US$25 (this is a 75% discount with DHL) to send it back. Thank guys for help.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marmle:
i have a hard bricked vibrant as of today. uber lame. made a jig no go. tried all the combination's of pulling this inserting that holding this not a dang thing. battery does get warm but thats the only sign of life mine has.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanitt:
I sounds like we are in the same boat with exact symptom. I guess you got this after trying to update your firmware. What are you planning to do?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstevenson1017:
Look I know you said u tried it all bit I had the same problem... try pulling your bat then hold down volume up and down only... put your bat back in. Then it should put you into download mode... hope this works.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marmle:
That's a no go as well
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstevenson1017:
Only thing left is to make a jig... you tube how to make a jig for vibrant...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marmle:
Jig does not work either. Jig wont work when the bootloader has had a bad flash
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marmle:
Ordered the Jtag Riff Box today should get it by tuesday. Will let you know how it goes. Hopefully i can remember how to solder:p
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paraschiv eliza:
I am with the same problem...I hope that Riff Box will do a great job...

Please include me if something is happen...

Thank you!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanitt:
Hard bricked

I used to post this problem about two months ago in several forums. People read the problem and just went ago. Like I said earlier that this is a serious problem that happens to the chosen few and none of us don't have experience to work with it.

I hope you are able to work it out with the Riff box. If so, you will be able to help several people saving their money from replacing their phones. For me, just want to say "many thanks for your offer" since I live quite far from you. Getting a box like that in my country is quite expensive.

Anyway, please let me know your answer!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paraschiv eliza:
Hello,

I just got an answer from a gsm service...they said that they had this problem before and they fix it without problem with the riff box...they call this dead boot and they are very confident that is not a problem to fix it...the think is I will be able to see them only in may ((((
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marmle:
Phone lives once again! Thanks to the riff box!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwanitt:
Congradulations! For my case, I used the word "Dead boot" to search and found someone to fix it for me. This time I was lucky because labor cost in my country is cheap. He charged me about US$17 to bring it back to life using the Riff box.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
how do you use a riff box?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanhit:
I find very strong. its annoying and wastes battery life.

so i turned it off' but i rather have it back if it was possible to decrease the intensity..

ideas anyone?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hedayat7:
AFAIK, no.

but for Messaging , you can use 3rd party program e.g : Handcent SMS to customize the vibration intensity.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruchern:
Why not turn it off?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joey21589:
Well I been rooted for a month now. I have good battery life I get an average of 11 hours with out charge. But some days my phone will rest out of now where and get really hot. I use setcpu app and I don't over clock it past 1190 Mhz cuz then my phone will freeze and reset. Just wondering if this has happen to any one.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
You might be a little too overclocked for you phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joey21589:
Yea I know do u know what a good Rom
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well I personally run CM7, and have no problems, and decent battery life. MIUI also has a good rep. For sense, Myn's roms are nice, and I also here Fresh is good.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kainepaine:
I've had the IcedGlacier ROM for about 2 weeks and it's nearly flawless, but the one thing that is killing me is the pre-loaded Youtube app on the ROM. iWanted to revert back to the stock youtube.apk but when iTry to install the apk it just fails. So yeah any help would be nice haha.Oh and iHave been looking around the site, im new & iLove the site and looking foward to learning more :D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epsix:
Open Market press uninstall youtube. You will have your old youtube.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kainepaine:
I've tried that and this keeps coming up: 'Application Not Installed' I'll post a picture in a few.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] chaoslimits:
Hi all. I've ported (read: kanged) ECFfighter's Honeybread Theme for 3.4.2 ONLY. Just a little something to hold people over till the REAL themes and Roms start to drop.

All credit goes to:

+ ECFfighter for his awesome theme

+ P3droid for 3.4.2

Thanks to:

+ Wugfresh for his theme porter script

+ UnkleDuke for pointing me to colorchangev3.jar

+ cvhovey for helping me out with the 10% battery icons

Let me know if there are any problems.

As always, use this at your own risk.

ECF_Honeybread_3.4.2v2.01.zip

Here's the link to ECF's post:

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/286044-theme-honeybread-apex-1-4-a.html
[Droid X Themes and Apps] chaoslimits:
The only thing I can see is the vibrate lockscreen tab doesn't show (it's invisible). That's pretty much it. By rough, I meant it was a quick port. There isn't anything really wrong with it.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] chaoslimits:
So apparently, this has been downloaded about 20 times. I'm guessing there are no issues? :D
[Droid X Themes and Apps] gazzag12:
The battery icon on the status bar is displaying the wrong percentage.